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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SelcSilverhand" data-source="post: 6038034" data-attributes="member: 30016">Working together the three of you manage to carry Kraken into the air. The structure looms hugely in front of you as you draw closer. It is amazing that something the size of a city once floated across the land. As you prepare to land you notice odd spires on the towers around you begin to hum loudly. A few of them spark. Strangely though, nothing else happens. The continue to hum and spark until you touch down on a wide landing. Before you is a huge archway. You presume it to be a door though you have never seen anything like it before. Five separate plates form an iris or sphincter that close off the opening entirely. They fit together so perfectly you would be unable to stick even a dagger blade between them. A sort of globe of bronze is affixed to the wall next to the entrance above which is a thin vertical band of darkened glass or crystal.Walking to the edge of the landing you can see the tower you are on drop away several stories to the next structure below you.Spellcraft DC20[SBLOCK]The odd protuberances on the tops of the towers reacted when you flex within range. Given that this was a military installation it is likely that it was some sort of defense mechanism. Flying threats would have been well known so it is likely that they came up with a method of defeating them. Luckily it seems a few of them are malfunctioning, though you can never be too careful. Without knowing what made them stop working it is hard to say what could make them start working again.[/SBLOCK]Know. Engineering DC20[SBLOCK]The band of glass above the globe may be a window. It is about 6" wide and 1' tall. It looks very thick and is darkened to prevent you from seeing inside. It could be a porthole for viewing who is outside the door. The globe is unusual, it seems to be one solid piece so it is unlikely to be something that opens. There are some scratches on the front of it, like something was rubbed there on a regular basis.[/SBLOCK]</blockquote>

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